RACE CALLER: He's drawn level with Kudz
and put his nose in front.
Lord Hybrow, Tawrrific run on down the outside.
Super Impose in front.
Kudz fighting back and Tawrrific coming at them on the outside.
Super Impose in front.
Kudz on the outside. Tawrrific wears him down.
Tawrrific has hit the front!
Tawrrific wins the Melbourne Cup by two lengths. Super Impose.
DALE: And there again, that commanding win by Tawrrific.
A triumph for trainer Lee Freedman
who also trained second place, Super Impose.
What a moment for the Freedmans.
A rare quinella in Australian racing history.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
So that concludes our Melbourne Cup coverage,
ladies and gentlemen,
but I will be back tomorrow for the 6pm bulletin.
I'm Dale Jennings.
('NEWS AT SIX' OUTRO MUSIC PLAYS)
And we're out.
(DARK MUSIC)
(PANTS)
Is this it?
CHERYL: Hmm?
Where is it, the audience feedback?
On Tuesdays, I get the documents,
the letters, the reports, the tapes.
CHERYL: That's all that Jean left.
(SIGHS)
(ROBOTICALLY) Good evening. I am Dale Jennings.
I can reassure viewers
that there is still only one King of News.
-(ALL LAUGH) -(DOOR OPENS)
..may be one of the world's best interviewers,
but she simply cannot pronounce important names like I can.
-François Mitterrand. -(ALL LAUGH)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Liza Minnelli!
And she could never clench her buttocks
quite as tight as I can.
FAKE HELEN ON TV: He's right. I've tried. I can't.
(BUTTON CLICKS)
KAY: Dale, it's Kay.
I saw you on TV tonight and...
I know it's been a while,
but if you need help, I can give you some names.
(BEEP!)
BEV: Dale, Bev Gibson here.
Just in regards to the latest audience reports,
we'd like to arrange a meeting.
Could you give me a call?
(BEEP!)
LINDSAY: Mate, they've... they've...they've called
another bloody crisis meeting.
Now, for fuck's sake,
can you show up for this one, please?
Preferably sober.
(ANSWERING MACHINE PIPS AND CLICKS)
NICK: Where do you want me?
DALE: Over here.
(TENDER MUSIC)
It's OK.
Hit me.
Mmm, what?
I want you to hit me.
No, I don't do that.
Dale.
No, Dale, I don't...
Look, I've got it. I've got it.
NICK: Dale, I don't do it.
-It's OK. Hit me. -I don't want to...
Hit me!
No. I'm not gonna hit you.
Please. (LAUGHS SADLY)
No. OK?
Then get out!
I'm gonna go.
(DALE BREATHES HEAVILY)
-Get out! -OK.
(DALE SOBS)
-Leave! -(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
Fuck!
(SOBS)
(CONTINUES SOBBING)
(BIRDS CHIRP AND WARBLE)
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(BIKE WHIRRS)
(SCREWS ON CONTAINER TOP)
(PHONE RINGS)
Hey, Leonie, do you think that we could find
an East German that's, uh, fleeing to Bonn to interview,
even if it's just, like, a live cross from a border?
LEONIE: We've lost the Czechoslovakia story.
What?
Bill's reconfigured things.
Bill, you re-ordered the show?
BILL: Yep.
Well, that's...
I mean, that's something that we usually talk about.
Yeah.
And I just can't be bothered talking with you
for two hours over every single detail, so...
(CLEARS THROAT) Well, that's the job.
I mean, we both know that I'm doing more than my job.
OK?
I'm on the phone with you at every waking hour...
-That's not true. -Whenever you need me.
Yes, it is. I'm on the phone with you.
I'm at your house, picking you up off the floor.
I'm... I'm... I'm... I'm...
I'm holding your fucking hand
through every little 'whaaa!' for you.
And you know what, Helen?
I just need someone to work with me professionally.
Just for once.
(QUIET MUSIC)
Bill?
I don't wanna do this with you anymore.
I really tried to protect your feelings.
I...I mean, I...I blamed myself.
I blamed your marriage.
I blamed our working relationship.
But I'm not gonna be punished because I didn't wanna fuck you.
I think you should go home.
Czechoslovakia's back in.
BEV: There's a lot of consistent negatives
across all ages, both men and women.
So we would like to show a more relaxed, humorous side.
(LINDSAY CHUCKLES)
And you're familiar with
the comedian who impersonates you on that sketch show?
We thought perhaps you could appear with him on that show
in a specially written sketch.
(BEV CHUCKLES)
It's an...extremely popular show.
The writers love the idea. They sent through a few concepts.
Uh, they're...they're very funny! (LAUGHS)
Can you just give us a second here, please, Bev?
Dale.
Dale, Dale, mate.
You've gotta take this seriously.
Because the audience is using words like
'obsessive', 'narcissistic' and...
..'fey'.
Which sounds to me like they think
you're a weird, up-themselves little poof.
(LAUGHS)
You see, Dale,
the Heathers and the Maureens of Doncaster,
they used to be your bread and butter,
but not anymore.
Because they see you.
And they hate you.
And...
..Dickie hates you too.
He wants to give you the boot.
I'm the only one in your corner.
So we need a major course correction.
Now.
Hmm?
(LINDSAY BREATHES DEEPLY)
(DARK MUSIC)
CHERYL: Ah! OK, Dale. (CLEARS THROAT)
CHERYL: Um... Oh!
Dale?
(FAMILY CHATTERS IN KOREAN)
Noels?
So, is it a bit weird that I'm in a hanbok?
I mean, your dad's in a suit.
It's the way they show their love.
My grandmother bought it specially.
-(PHONE RINGS) -OK. Alright, alright.
Yep.
(PHONE RINGS)
(HANA BABBLES)
(PICKS UP RECEIVER)
(PHONE BEEPS)
Hello?
HELEN: Noelene, it's Helen.
Listen, I need you to come into work today.
Bill's had to go home and I want you and I to run the show.
Sorry, I've got family commitments. Is Bill OK?
Yes, he's fine. Can you come in?
Uh...my grandmother's here.
She just flew in.
We're taking family portraits.
OK, well, I'm happy to reimburse the photographer.
She's never left Korea before.
She's only here till Sunday.
Um, maybe I could come in tomorrow or...
No, Noelene. Noelene, it has to be now.
There's...there's changes about to happen here
and if you come in, I promise you, it'll pay off.
I'm sorry.
I'm always upending my family for these kinds of promises.
But today,
I can't.
(LINE DEAD TONE)
(PUTS RECEIVER DOWN)
Ah! (GIGGLES)
-ROB: What do you reckon? Good? -Ah, look!
(NOELENE CHUCKLES) Look!
SOON-HEE: Ahh! (CLAPS)
-You look so handsome! -ROB: Thank you!
I'm just not exactly sure what I'm supposed to do with this.
OK, I'll fix it for you.
Thank you.
This one is going to this way
and then this one is going that way.
-OK, that's good. -Yeah. OK.
-Oh, you look so handsome! -ROB: Thank you.
(PHOTOGRAPHER SPEAKS KOREAN)
-Kimchi! -Kimchi!
(CAMERA CLICKS)
MAN ON RECORDING: He's fake, vanilla, bland.
MAN 2: That feminine touch to his interview.
WOMAN: I think he's absolutely fake.
WOMAN 2: He just looks like
somebody you'd find under a rock.
Sneaky, slimy, pale.
WOMAN 3: Why the hell is this little poof still on TV?
Why?
(REWINDS TAPE)
MAN 2: ..feminine touch to his interview.
WOMAN: I think he's absolutely fake.
WOMAN 2: He just looks like
somebody you'd find under a rock.
Sneaky, slimy, pale.
WOMAN 3: Why the hell is this little poof still on...
(STOPS TAPE AND THROWS HEADPHONES)
(GRUNTS)
Hey, Vincent.
VINCENT: So, you wanna tell me what's happened?
Sorry?
Uh, you sent Bill home.
Oh, he's taking the rest of the week off, yeah.
Was there a dispute or...
Not from my perspective, no.
WAYNE: One minute!
We've got a really strong show tonight, though.
East Germany crisis has exploded.
Hey, listen.
You can't just unilaterally decide to send Bill home.
There is no 'Public Eye' without Bill McFarlane.
What's the issue?
WAYNE: 40 seconds.
Should I?
Of course.
HELEN: Hi.
WAYNE: Oh, great.
Alright, here we go, everyone.
Standing by.
(HELEN CLEARS HER THROAT) OK.
WAYNE: OK, we're good to go in 10, 9...
(DOOR BANGS SHUT)
FRANK: Cheryl! He's been in here!
Is his car here?
(PANTS)
Oh, he's here! Frank, he's here!
Um...Dale?
CHERYL: Dale?
FRANK: Can you do something about the face?
CHERYL: Um, yeah.
('NEWS AT SIX' THEME PLAYS)
FRANK: 10 seconds.
CHERYL: Have a seat.
FRANK: And in six, five, four...
(NEWS THEME ENDS)
Good evening.
You are watching 'News At Six'.
-I... -Lindsay. Lindsay. Lindsay!
MAN: He'll like that. Come on.
I am...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
We need to go to a commercial break.
No, no, no, no, no. Just leave him.
DALE: I am...
Rrrr!
(ROBOTICALLY) I...am...Dale...Jennings.
DENNIS: Get the weekend newsreader down there.
(ROBOTICALLY) Our top story tonight,
the crisis in Berlin.
(DALE LAUGHS)
I'm sorry!
(LAUGHS)
I'm not as good as that guy, but he's good. (LAUGHS)
(FRANK MURMURS) Are we cutting to a commercial?
He's great.
And I appreciate it.
So the crisis tonight...
..in Berlin has escalated
with the entire East German cabinet resizing...
..resulting in thousands...
Sorry, tens of thousands who continue to cross the border
into the West - our correspondents have more.
REPORTER: New East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow
was elected with only...
And in six, five, four...
I apologise.
I apologise, ladies and gentlemen, for my slurring.
(WHISPERS) Why the hell aren't we cutting?
DENNIS: I don't know.
DALE: And I-I apologise for...
..for being stilted, because we all hate stilted, so...
In nursing homes around the...
That's fake. (LAUGHS) That's fake!
Fake.
Fake. And you hate fake.
But believe me...
Believe me, you would hate the real me.
Because everyone did.
-Everyone hated the real me. -Just...just roll the story.
DALE: And so I changed him!
And now you hate him even more!
So in nursing homes around the country,
man's best friend has been living up to his name
with guide dogs!
-Dale. Dale, Dale, we're out. -DALE: Bringing aged care...
Dale, we are out, mate!
(SOBS)
Let's take that back.
Let's take that back. (SNIFFLES)
In nursing homes around the country,
man's best friend has been living up to his name
with a guide dog...
Get off the desk.
Get out of the studio.
You're done.
(CHILLING MUSIC)
Follow him.
DENNIS: Dale. Dale! Dale!
Dale! Oh, my God.
Dale! Dale! Come on, buddy.
Just... Whoa, whoa! Hey!
-(DOOR LOCKS) -DENNIS: Argh!
DENNIS: Dale, open the door, please.
Mate, things happen. It's fine.
We will just get you out the back if you just open the door.
-Cheryl, can you open the door?! -Uh, how?
-Oh! -Oh, God. Uh...
(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)
Um, Dale?
Um, uh, it'd be really awesome
if I could just get in... get in there.
-Um, what do you think? -(DALE PANTS)
(PHONE RINGS)
Walters residence, Evelyn speaking.
Good afternoon, Evelyn. It's Dale Jennings.
May I please speak to Kay?
No, I'm not sure that's a good idea.
(WHISPERS) Is that Dale?
(WHISPERS) He's in no state to talk.
I can handle it.
Dale? Are you alright?
(PANTS)
What's happened?
(WHISPERS) Can you come and see me, please?
Dale, I can meet you, but...
..you need professional help.
Thank you...
(HYPERVENTILATES)
Thank you.
(PUTS RECEIVER DOWN)
No. No. No, no, no, no, darling.
He is not your responsibility.
Who are you calling?
Wait.
(PHONE RINGING TONE)
-(SEVERAL PHONES RING) -(JEAN SIGHS)
Newsroom, Jean speaking.
EVELYN: It's Evelyn Walters speaking.
We've just received a call
from a very disturbed,
very inebriated Dale Jennings.
He's in dire need
of assistance.
Oh, I believe Lindsay Cunningham is with him.
Oh, please!
Lindsay Cunningham is the cause of this situation,
as you well know.
You know everything that happens in that office,
every abhorrent thing.
For once, would you do something?
All I can tell you, Mrs Walters,
is that Lindsay and Dennis are aware of the situation
and they have it under control.
What a wasted life you've led. (HANGS UP)
(PHONES CONTINUE RINGING)
(PUTS DOWN RECEIVER)
-(KNOCK ON DOOR) -CHERYL: Dale?
Um, how about I-I could maybe come inside
and I could put on the kettle
and we could have a cup of tea
and we could just have a little chat?
Dale?
(DOOR UNLOCKS)
Uh...
Dale, uh...
EVELYN: He is beyond help at this point.
KAY: I'm not going to ignore him, Mum. (GRABS KEYS)
Look, trust me, the damage is done.
Yeah, and I'm gonna be blamed for all of it.
EVELYN: No, you won't.
Yes, I will!
You know I will.
The whole story was the King of News dates a junkie.
There are ways we can change that story.
There are steps we can take.
I know you think I'm insignificant,
but I have watched this industry for decades.
And you will be much better served listening to me
than going to Dale Jennings.
(ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH)
SONG: ♪ Is where I find myself again
♪ Kyrie eleison down the road that I must travel... ♪
(SONG ECHOES)
♪ Kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night
♪ Kyrie eleison where I'm going, will you follow?
♪ Kyrie eleison on a highway in the night... ♪
(ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH)
(CRASH!)
(METAL CLANKS, GLASS SHATTERS)
(PANTS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(CAR BEEPS STEADILY)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(WEAKLY) Help!
Help.
(GRUNTS)
(DOG BARKS, SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)
(PHONE RECEIVER CLACKS)
Vincent wants you in his office.
Also, we just got a tip-off from a police contact.
Dale Jennings was involved in a car collision
and reported drunk and disorderly on City Road.
-When? -A minute ago.
Oh, my God!
Oh, God.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Dale! Dale.
MAN: Just step back, please.
If we could just take a few steps back, please.
Clear a bit of space.
Make a bit of room, please.
-Dale! Dale! -Move back. That's it.
Move back.
-OFFICER: Do you know this man? -Yes, I do.
OFFICER: Alright, that's enough. That's enough.
-PHOTOGRAPHER: Dale! -Move back! Back!
HELEN: Dale! Dale.
-MAN: It's Helen Norville! -Can you stand?
(BOTH GRUNT)
PHOTOGRAPHER: Dale! Helen! Helen!
Helen! Helen!
(HELEN WHISPERS) Just ignore them.
(PEOPLE CONTINUE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
Dale! Helen!
Helen, any comment?
No. No.
-Helen! Helen! -Dale, Dale!
(BIRDS CHIRP AND WARBLE)
(SNORES LIGHTLY)
HELEN: Morning.
There's water there.
You should drink it all.
Did you see?
The crash?
Me on air.
No.
But I've read about it.
What did you read?
I'm sorry, Dale.
You're on the front page of all the papers,
and there's a bunch of press out the front.
(DARK MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
(READS) "The legendary newsman's daughter
"fell in love with Dale's stately on-screen persona,
"but discovered a deeply troubled man
"battling his personal demons."
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS LOUDLY)
(GASPS)
(VOMITS)
Oh, shit.
RICHARD: Were there any signs in the day prior?
LINDSAY: No! None whatsoever.
I mean, he was a bit quiet when he came in in the morning,
but he never says much anyway.
But no sense whatsoever that he was about to...
..well, snap, have a breakdown.
I mean, it was deranged, Richard.
And, you know, quite frankly, it was, uh...it was tragic.
But I've gotta tell you, Richard,
there's other stories coming out about Dale
from certain journos , uh...
You know, Dale in gay bars,
Dale in parked cars with rent boys.
It's skin-crawling stuff, mate.
Well, I did say that first day I met him.
Weak handshake.
(MOUTHS SILENTLY)
Yes, you did, mate, and that was incredibly intuitive.
Mmm. Now, in terms of replacements, mate,
I'm leaning towards that big bloke from Perth.
I sent you his tapes.
I wanna screen them for Anne tonight.
She's got a nose for these things.
I'll get back to you tomorrow.
Grand. Thanks, Richard. 'Bye.
(HANGS UP)
Wet bloody droop.
Jean! Jeannie!
Tell Bev I'm on my way up.
We gotta get a press release out
about severing all ties with Dale Jennings.
What, are we announcing a replacement?
No, bloody Dickie and his missus are reviewing the tapes.
Gotta brace ourselves for that bit of genius.
-Do we know where Dale is? -No.
Do we know if he's being cared for?
Oh, Jesus Christ!
That cretin
committed professional harikari live on air
and he nearly took us with him!
So I could not give a free fuck in a Footscray brothel
if he's alright!
Just today, can you do your fucking jobs?!
Tell Bev I'm on my way up!
(DOOR BANGS OPEN)
(DOOR SHUTS)
(TAP RUNS)
(CLEARS THROAT) Um, Dale, there's chicken in the fridge
and there's lots of vegetables if you do feel like you want...
..to eat.
I'll, um...I'll call you at lunch
and I'll try to get back early.
I'm OK. You don't need to call.
I'm gonna try and get home, like, 7:30 at the latest.
We can talk then, work out a plan.
(CHUCKLES)
-OK. -OK.
(WATER POURS)
Morning.
I assumed we were starting with the German Chancellor.
We have a rundown,
put together by Paul.
Who?
LEONIE: Paul Stricker, apparently covering for Bill.
Helen, however this shakes down, I'm with you.
PAUL: Helen! Helen, hi. Paul. Paul Stricker.
(PAUL LAUGHS) Wow, wow.
What a thrill to meet you in the flesh, as they say. (CHUCKLES)
I'm sorry. Who called you?
Oh, uh, Vincent rang. Yeah. Just last night.
Asked me to, uh, come aboard the good ship 'Public Eye'.
(CHUCKLES) So...
HELEN: Leonie, can you please get Vincent on the phone for me?
PAUL: Um...
LEONIE: Sandra, it's Helen for Vincent. It's urgent.
PAUL: Yeah, so, um, I just, uh, I just got cracking on a rundown
for...for you to, um, respond to.
I, uh, I like to think of myself
more as a, um, partner in crime, I guess.
Not...not so much an EP in the traditional...
The, um...
The traditional sense of...of that ti...title.
He's out on a marketing shoot. All day.
PAUL: Ahh.
Cool.
Cool. Alright.
Cool. Yeah, um, well, I'm gonna...
I'll be next door.
When you, uh, you know, whenever you wanna...chat.
How was Dale? Have you spoken to him this morning?
Do you have anything to say about...
MAN: What's your reaction to the Kay Walters story? Mrs Jennings!
-(REPORTERS CONTINUE SHOUTING) -VAL: Helen?
..your son's sexual orientation, Mrs Jennings?
Helen, please, I know Dale's there.
(REPORTERS CONTINUE SHOUTING)
Dale! Dale!
(DOOR CLOSES)
VAL: The phone won't stop ringing.
And this morning, two reporters came right up to my front door,
yelling questions.
I didn't know what to say.
You don't have to say anything.
What were you thinking?
Were you drunk?
And why would Kay Walters say
all these things, all these horrible distortions?
It's true, Mum.
It's true.
Well, you need a good feed.
You're skin and bone.
(VAL RUMMAGES NOISILY IN FRIDGE)
I love you.
I hope you can still love me.
Peel those carrots.
I'll get started on the potatoes.
(SPARSE MUSIC)
(TAP RUNS)
REPORTER: Instead of fleeing to the West,
East Germans are demanding the reforms be made at home and now.
Are you happy with the situation now here
in East Berlin, in East Germany?
-MAN: No, I think... -(KNOCK AT DOOR)
..the...the people are not free.
They cannot do what they want, and that's not OK.
EVELYN: Thank you for coming.
I apologise for my comments.
Apology accepted.
JEAN: Dennis,
come in.
(DOOR SHUTS)
ROB: Noels.
-NOELENE: Shh. -ROB: Have you heard?
Heard what?
There's something about, um...
..tons of people moving out of East Germany.
It's on the news.
Into Czechoslovakia?
No, something about they're going over the Wall.
They could be going through it.
(TENSE MUSIC)
REPORTER: ..impatient to join the exodus
laid siege to tourist offices for exit papers.
(PEOPLE SHOUT IN GERMAN)
(CLICK!)
RADIO NEWSREADER: ..is ABC News.
In a historic night in Berlin,
tens of thousands of East Germans
have breached the wall
that has divided the city for three decades.
The joyous stampede came as the East German regime bowed to...
It's a protest?
I don't know.
REPORTER: ..to lock away its people from the world,
announcing unrestricted passage across all its borders.
The authorities had wanted Berliners to wait, but...
ROB: Noels, Noels, do we really need to do TV and radio at once?
NOELENE: Yep.
ROB: You don't reckon you should just go in?
Oh! I'm not in till Monday,
and I don't know what's happening with Helen.
Hey?
She wanted me to come in on Wednesday.
Drop everything and come in and run the show, but...
Why...why didn't you say?
She wasn't guaranteeing anything.
I think she was just saying
what she had to say to get me to come in.
Helen? No, she's not like that.
She just knows how bloody good you are. She'd be keen.
I don't know.
Well...well, you wanna do it, don't you?
Yes.
But it's not just about me.
I mean,
what do you want?
Today or in life?
Both.
Oh, Noels, for me, that's easy.
It's just a few days a week with Hana,
a few days on sport calling the footy.
One full day, just us as a family, and that'd do me.
You just knew that?
Yeah.
And I know you.
This is your grand final.
The team's in, you're a player down.
They need you.
Well, so...
..let's get out there, Kim.
Rickards.
Get on the field! (CLAPS)
OK!
HELEN: I don't understand
why they've suddenly allowed this to happen.
I mean, it must be a mistake.
Do you have a correspondent there?
No, not yet.
Well, you're gonna want one,
and one in Moscow, get Gorbachev's reaction.
-(PHONE RINGS) -HELEN: Yeah.
And the historical context.
How many people have been killed trying to breach that wall?
HELEN: Mmm.
-(PHONE BEEPS) -Hello?
LEONIE: Hi, I've got Paul and Walshy here for you.
Helen, Greg Walsh.
I'm sure you've seen everything that's happening.
HELEN: Yeah, yeah, I'm watching the coverage now.
Right, yes.
Well, certainly this is
one of the biggest news stories of the year, if not the decade.
-HELEN: If not the century. -Yes.
Yes, and in light of that,
uh, Bill has graciously agreed to return as EP.
Oh, how big of him.
Noelene has just arrived.
And Paul, uh, has also offered
to stay on as an additional producer.
Yeah. Uh, Helen!
PAUL: Um, breaking news
just really, uh, it brings out the best in...in me.
And, uh, well, you know, with Bill and your good self,
we've got a hell of a team for this.
Um, I'd like to discuss
adding an additional person to the team.
WALSHY: Uh, who?
-Dale Jennings. -What?
WALSHY: Dale Jennings?
HELEN: Well, I think that he could be an additional producer
working directly with me.
(COUGHS)
WALSHY: Helen, in light of, uh,
Dale Jennings's recent troubles,
I'd be very surprised if Vincent
and the boys upstairs agreed to that.
-But I'll float it. -(PHONE BEEPS)
What are you doing?
Oh, I'm just...I was just testing the water.
But seriously - not now, in the future at some point -
would you consider it?
I just feel working together, you know, you, me and the story,
that...that was...that was the happiest time of my life.
Me too.
But I don't wanna be Dale Jennings anymore.
Who do you wanna be?
I don't know yet.
LINDSAY: Christ.
There are two networks live from Berlin already.
Now, how far away are we?
Look, um, within the hour, if we have any luck.
Evelyn Walters on the line for you.
What? Why?
Well, she didn't say,
but she was quite vehement about speaking with you.
Listen! We are in the middle of history here.
-I don't wanna talk to her! -Well, I...
Archives has just sent 140 minutes of historical footage.
Do I need a producer to go through it
or am I doing it myself?
Wait, wait, Murray. Lindsay, just take the call if you need.
Jesus, Dennis!
I don't want to talk to that vinegar-titted old witch!
I'll do it! Come on!
(JEAN SIGHS)
I'm terribly sorry, Mrs Walters.
I'm gonna have to ask you to call back again
in another 10 minutes.
I will ensure that Lindsay can take the call then.
(JEAN INHALES DEEPLY)
(EXHALES)
Shit.
but we're chasing up a couple of options.
Leonie?
I'm trying a contact in Warsaw
but it's the middle of the night.
BILL: OK, found some archive footage of Reagan
demanding they tear down the wall.
-Yeah, I can show you. -HELEN: Alright.
Um, I think we need full context of the situation
from after the Second World War.
BILL: Ah, and there's more,
um, from last night.
(VIDEO FAST-FORWARDS)
(CROWD NOISE PLAYS SOFTLY)
(VIDEO FAST-FORWARDS)
(VIDEO PAUSES)
HELEN: Are there any from Brandenburg Gate?
NOELENE: Not yet.
HELEN: You alright?
NOELENE: What happened to the change?
HELEN: What?
(VIDEO PAUSES)
You said there might be a change.
With Bill?
Oh, yeah. Well... (CHUCKLES) ..events, you know, took over.
Did you pitch Dale to replace Bill?
No, not to replace Bill.
It was...
Anyway, it's not gonna happen now, so...
Did you pitch me?
I called you on Wednesday.
And you said no.
I said I couldn't drop everything that instant
and come straight in.
-Did that disqualify me? -Well, it's news.
You...you have to be ready at any moment.
That's...that's how it is and you know that.
(VIDEO PAUSES)
I've killed myself for this show.
I call with my ideas, even on days off.
Mm-hm.
When I joined this team,
that's when the numbers started rising.
I appreciate it!
And then finally it starts winning
and you're holding all the cards
and instead of pitching me,
you pitch a former boyfriend
who disgraced himself on live television
and was incoherent on the street two nights ago.
I do not hold all the cards.
You have the number one show on television.
Your name is literally in the title.
You have power and you know how to use it.
When it suits you.
(VIDEO FAST-FORWARDS)
There's plenty of archive of the Brandenburg Gate.
I'll find some to cut in.
JEAN: Hmm. (PUTS PHONE RECEIVER DOWN)
Evelyn Walters again. Line 1.
Oh, Jesus Christ, Jean, really?
Why don't you just see what it is?
Fob her off. (CHUCKLES)
A-Apparently her daughter Kay's with her as well.
Why do I get the distinct feeling
that dogs are pissing on my swag here, eh?
(LAUGHS) Just do it.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
I'll take the call. Put 'em through.
(LINDSAY CLEARS THROAT)
LINDSAY: Ah, ladies, how are you?
Lindsay, I appreciate you taking our call.
We wanted to speak as a matter of principle.
Principle? (LAUGHS) Principle?
Evelyn, is that something you've just stumbled across
in your gin-soaked dotage?
Lindsay, neither my daughter or I
have ever personally been in your employ,
but we have borne witness to the abhorrent
damage you inflicted on my husband,
then on Dale Jennings.
Listen, I think young Kay has done
the real damage there on both counts.
And we have taken action.
Oh-ho! Have you, just?
What action have you taken?
Lindsay, it's Kay.
(LAUGHS) Hello, sweetheart!
You've been a pretty talkative kitty cat lately, haven't you?
Mum and I have penned a detailed report
of your treatment of both men,
the threats and the abuse,
and we've sent that account directly to your CEO,
Richard Bertrand.
(LAUGHS) And that's it, is it?
That's your big move?
A letter to Richard Bertrand.
Mr Bertrand is an upstanding man.
I'd anticipate a swift conclusion
to your career at 'News At Six'.
You've got many deficiencies as a human being, Evelyn,
but I never thought naivety was one of them.
Listen to me.
Richard Bertrand and his wife, they call themselves intuitive.
They are about as intuitive as a fresh bucket of cow shit.
He's a limp-dick dunce
who's fallen upwards all his fucking life.
And the beauty of the situation is
he knows it.
And he knows I know it.
So as long as I just play along
and pretend that he's got a spine
or a functioning set of testicles,
I am as safe as fucking houses!
But you know what, girls?
Good on you for having a crack.
Thanks for the concern, and next time I'm on the bog,
I'll make sure to read one of your tell-alls.
Ta-ta.
(PUTS RECEIVER DOWN)
(LINE DEAD TONE)
Sorry you had to hear that.
But I'm sure you'll agree it's better you're aware.
(LINE DEAD TONE CONTINUES)
(LINE DEAD TONE STOPS)
(DIAL TONE)
(SPEED DIAL PIPS RAPIDLY)
(PHONE RINGING TONE)
LINDSAY: Yep? Hello?
Lindsay, you are to vacate your office right now.
Whatever you can't carry by hand will be sent on to you,
but you are to leave immediately.
Uh...
Dickie...Ri-Ri-Richard, mate, uh, where...where are you now?
Lovely to hear your voice again, Lindsay.
Uh, mate, I'm not aware how much you...you may have heard
of that conversation, but I can assure you
that is not reflective of my true thoughts,
and it was an attempt at, um...
Well, Dennis is here, and he can confirm this.
It was an attempt at humour.
(WHISPERS) Go on, mate.
Um... (CLEARS THROAT) Mr Bertrand.
Yeah, it's a... it's a huge news day.
And our coverage won't be compromised.
Yeah, I've got everything in hand.
And I'm ready.
(DENNIS PUTS RECEIVER DOWN)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
VINCENT: Helen, I have to say,
to hit us with an ultimatum like this
on a day like today is just...
It's offensive.
WALSHY: Can you not see how unreasonable it is?
Uh, look, can we at least get the Berlin coverage to air
before we engage in these discussions?
VINCENT: Apart from anything else,
this is completely unfair to Bill.
No-one else in this industry was willing to work with you, Helen.
Bill was, and he made you into a number-one news star.
All the major breakthroughs...
PAUL: As an independent observer...
VINCENT: ..all the specials, that was Bill McFarlane!
PAUL: ..I can see just how much he's brought to the show.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
WALSHY: And the team that you are proposing -
Noelene, she only works two days a week.
She was an assistant only two years ago.
Leonie has only just stepped up to chief of staff.
They do not have the experience to run a flagship like this.
VINCENT: And you do not get to dictate
the entire producing team.
You are already on one of the best contracts in television.
You control the stories you cover,
the clothes you wear, the direction of the show
and you get paid handsomely for it.
But you do not get to control this.
That's the deal.
Do you accept it?
No.
Well, if you change your mind, you've got my number.
(HELEN CLEARS THROAT)
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
BILL: She's all fucking yours, mate.
(MUTTERS) Fucking bitch.
You can bin most of that crap. I don't want it.
Because the only thing worth taking out of this shithole
besides myself...
..is that bottle of whisky.
(CHUCKLES) You two, huh?
Two old dogs who turned and bit the hand.
You do deserve each other.
But well played.
Big news day.
Better move your arses.
(GULPS)
(GROANS)
(LAUGHS)
Come on.
You old pinched sphincter.
(LAUGHS)
MURRAY: 'Bye, Lindsay.
Go fuck yourself.
(DOOR OPENS)
Well, OK, everybody. Ross, get on the road.
DENNIS: Murray, I'm gonna need a cut of
that satellite footage in half an hour.
-MURRAY: Yes. -DENNIS: OK, let's go, everyone!
We've got news to deliver.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(CROWD CHEERS)
REPORTER: And then finally, they broke through.
(CROWD CHEERS)
They arrived in the West to cheers, bouquets
and an eruption of
long-suppressed national feelings.
I think that the Germans are one people.
REPORTER: They took up the invitation...
Wow! Can you believe it?
WAYNE: Noelene, it's a yes from Leonie.
Just confirmed 3 million visas now granted.
3 million!
Can we cross back to Berlin?
WAYNE: Yes, you'd have about 30 seconds.
HELEN: Great, let's do that.
WAYNE: Can we, uh... Can we get Berlin on stand-by, please?
Crossing back in seven, six,
five, four, three...
Incredible imagery there from Berlin,
where we've heard 3 million visas have already been granted.
Berlin, if you're there, what's the mood like now?
Has the euphoria on the streets abated?
Uh, not at all, Helen.
It's now the early hours of Monday morning
and people are celebrating.
They're popping champagne
as they reunite with their loved ones.
And, of course, thousands upon thousands of people
continue to pass through the Wall,
all of them walking into a new era for Germany
and...and indeed for the world.
Wow.
In stark contrast to the revelry on the street,
East Germany's Communist leadership is in crisis.
Our political analyst has more.
WAYNE: We're out.
Can he still hear... Hey, Dale, can you still hear me?
-DALE: Uh, yeah, yeah. -Hi! (LAUGHS)
I mean, I was bluffing, Helen. I have no idea what the mood is.
I haven't slept for 40 hours. I think I'm jet-lagged.
It's freezing here!
Well, it was great.
Go find out.
Thank you.
(SOLID TONE BLARES)
For the final sign-off,
did you wanna touch on reunification
or maybe the Soviet Union?
Uh, I think both.
And then I think we should go broader -
you know, what it means to...to the world.
(CHUCKLES)
-Bitte schon. -Yes, sir.
Oh, danke schon!
(PEOPLE JUBILATE)
('WHEN TOMORROW COMES' BY THE EURYTHMICS)
WAYNE: In six, five,
four, three...
We'll be back tomorrow with all the latest from Berlin
as well as a broader look at what this means
for Germany's reunification,
for the Soviet Union,
indeed, for a world about to enter a new decade.
You've been watching Public Eye'.
I'm Helen Norville.
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